I've already tried using the PHP wrapper, using position:relative and using a z-index.

Thanks...

Sun Jun 03, 2012 4:06 pm

jason

Joined: Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:46 amPosts: 1452

Re: Disappearing background image (tried relative, z-index)

Code looks fine to me. Do you have a URL where we can see this problem in action?

Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:00 pm

finster

Joined: Sun Jun 03, 2012 3:56 pmPosts: 4

Re: Disappearing background image (tried relative, z-index)

Thanks for looking.

Strangely, I've uploaded the files into a slightly different location on the same server so I can give you the URL and it now seems to be working. Nothing has changed, only the location of the files.

I suspect that Adobe Browserlab might be to blame which is a shame as its always worked well for me. Does this sound like a possibility?

I wanted to avoid going down the Virtual Machine route for testing...

Thanks.

Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:27 pm

finster

Joined: Sun Jun 03, 2012 3:56 pmPosts: 4

Re: Disappearing background image (tried relative, z-index)

Just to follow up on this, I suspect it was an .htaccess file in my root folder that was breaking things - I've tried my file in various other locations (plus also the "real" file that this test case was taken from) and it works fine in all versions.

Sorry about the false report.

There's a few hours of my life I'll never get back

Great work with PIE by the way - its a great bit of software...

Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:53 pm

jason

Joined: Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:46 amPosts: 1452

Re: Disappearing background image (tried relative, z-index)

Ah yes, that makes sense. Browserlab (and other similar screenshot services) snap a screenshot on page load -- but PIE's asynchronous rendering means that sometimes it's not done when the snapshot is taken.

I do recommend VMs, but if that's not an option for you then you might try http://www.browserstack.com/ -- they provide a remote desktop connection to a running IE browser rather than just taking a single snapshot. Not free though.

Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:56 pm

finster

Joined: Sun Jun 03, 2012 3:56 pmPosts: 4

Re: Disappearing background image (tried relative, z-index)

You can set a delay of a few seconds before Browserlab takes the screenshot but not sure if that makes it foolproof.

In my example, Browserlab worked fine once I'd moved the files into a different location.

Thanks for pointing me in the direction of Browserstack - I'll take a look.

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